Fang and Blowpipe
Taipei: Cathay Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. photos, vii, 179p. (6)p. Original blue boards. dj. 21 cm. INSCRIBED by Shuttleworth. Fiction. More
Taipei: Cathay Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. photos, vii, 179p. (6)p. Original blue boards. dj. 21 cm. INSCRIBED by Shuttleworth. Fiction. More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1900. Hardcover. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin. frontis, ill, 23p. White cloth (lightly spotted). 18cm. Top edge gilt. Original glassine jacket chipped along edges. Text printed in purple within decorative green borders. Also includes "Be Thou Blessed." More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1979. Raphael Soyer. Hardcover. illustrations (by Raphael Soyer), xi, 59, (24)p. Cloth-backed boards. Slipcase. 26cm. Copy no. 601 of an edition limited to 2000 copies and signed by Soyer and Singer. More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (by E. W. Kemble and the Author), vi, 208p. Original green cloth. 19cm. Cover rubbed and somewhat soiled. SIGNED on title-page by Smith. BAL 18231. Binding "B" More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (c. 1997). Hardcover. index, 1038p. Original blue cloth. 28 cm. No jacket. Heavy book. More
New York: Doubleday, (c. 2004). 1st ed. Hardcover. 326p. Original boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED with Smith's stylized signature on title-page and dated 7/20/05. Smith, a physician, is the author of around a dozen books, including some diet books. This was his first novel. More
New York: Doubleday, (c. 2004). 1st paper ed. Paperback. 326p. Softcover in original wrapper. dj. 24 cm. Text slightly browned. INSCRIBED with Smith's stylized signature on title-page and dated 7/20/05. Smith, a physician, is the author of around a dozen books, including some diet books. This was his first novel..... More
New York: Random House, (c. 1989). 1st ed. Hardcover. vi, 262p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 24 cm. Minor spotting (tiny white spots, mostly near bottom of front panel). SIGNED on title-page by Soyinka. Laid in is two page promotional item (on a single sheet) for the book with an excerpt..... More
New York: Knopf, 1956. 1st ed. Hardcover. dj. Paperclip mark and a waterstain on free front endpaper and next blank. INSCRIBED (by "Ruth" to "Owen"). Owen Dodson's bookplate (with old tapemarks). Laid in are six notes and letters (some holograph) from Stephan to Dodson. Also laid in is a typed..... More
New York: National Book Company, (c. 1891). Hardcover. 288p. 18cm. Cover spotting and soil. Faint call number on backstrip. Odd Fellows Lodge stamp on endpaper. No jacket. Translation of these two stories by Vladimir Korolenko. More
London: Thornton Butterworth, (c. 1932). 1st ed. Hardcover. 413p. 19cm. Cover quite faded and rather worn. Small "U" inked on endpaper. No jacket. A novel set in South Africa. More
New York: Dodd & Mead, (1874). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, vi, 292p. 17cm. Gilt pictorial front cover and backstrip. A novel. Stereotyped Black child with his pet on front cover. More
Franklin Center: Franklin Mint, 1980. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 766p. Original brown leather binding, stamped in gilt. No Jacket (as issued). Franklin Notes leaflet not laid in. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, n.d. Hardcover. viii, 500p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Jacket has some edgewear and a few short tears. Corners and ends of backstrip rubbed. Covers slightly scuffed. More
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co.; Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington; London: Low & Co., 1853. Hardcover. iv, [1], 6-262p. plus 2 unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements. Original brown cloth with "KEY" blindstamped on front cover. 25 cm. Color toned on front and back covers. Light yellow endpapers. Minor foxing..... More
Boston: The American Humane Education Society, (c. 1893). Hardcover. bust photo of two horses on title page, 91p. Original green cloth. 17 cm. Cover slightly soiled. Lacks rear free endpaper and a modest portion of rear pastedown.Former owner's smudged name stamp (twice of front free endpaper. This prize-winning short tale..... More
New York: Random House, (c. 1967). 1st ed. Hardcover. xvi, 428p. Original black cloth. dj. 21 cm. Black on cover shiny in spots and rather mottled, especially on back cover. More
New York: The Dial Press, 1946. 1st ed. Hardcover. 253p. Cloth. dj. 20cm. Jacket somewhat soiled. Text browned. More
Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd., (c. 1979). Paperback. 170p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19cm. Fiction about a well-to-do Chinese family in Penang. Writing in Asia series. More
New York: Duffield and Company, 1924. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. 201p. Original cloth. 20cm. Jacket has mostly light edge-wear and is chipped at base of backstrip. Light cover spotting (heaviest on back cover). A French novel about a Senegalese peasant who ends up in the French Army at Verdun in..... More
New York: Grove Press, (c. 1960). 2nd printing. Hardcover. 399p. Original yellow boards backed in black cloth. dj. 20 cm. Jacket has some browning and wear. Former owner's name on endpaper. Thelwell was teaching Third World Literature in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts when this..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., (c. 1938). Hardcover. illustrations, 424p. Original colorful boards. 11 cm. Covers lightly worn. Leaves browned. Small chip out of lower edge of first (blank) leaf. More
Papakura, New Zealand: R. McMillan, (1984). Hardcover. illustrations, xii, 326p. dj. 18cm. Reprint of the 1894 edition. More
London: Hurst and Blackett Limited, 1894. 1st ed. Hardcover. 3 vols. 319, 304, 328p. Original red cloth. 19cm. Backstrips darkened and chipped. Spines lightly sloped. Scattered cover discoloration. Old water damage and discoloration, most serious at base of backstrips and adjoining areas. Contents sound. INSCRIBED (author's initials below a name..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1892. Hardcover. 3 vols, 300, 288, 291, (18 unnumbered adverts). Original reddish-brown boards. 19cm. Discoloration and wear along cover edges. Backstrips heavily chipped, mpstly at ends. Waterstain on lower edge of covers. A name and date at top of title-page written in what we think is..... More